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Battle to name girl after whisky

October 3 2005, 1:00am, The Times

A Swedish couple have won the right to name their baby after a Scottish whisky. Magnus and Maria Eklof went to court after the Swedish Tax Office banned them from calling their baby daughter Edradour, which is the name of Scotland’s smallest whisky distillery.

Authorities ruled that the name was too closely associated with an alcoholic drink brand. But the Eklofs argued that they had fallen in love with the area surrounding the Edradour Distillery, near Pitlochry, in Perthshire, on a recent visit to Scotland.

The VisitScotland office in Perth heard about the couple’s plight when it was contacted by a journalist from Radio Sweden. Jennifer Moran of VisitScotland said: “He was putting the story up on Radio Sweden’s website and was looking for a…

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